Web design, development and SEO in Durham
Websites for Durham businesses — heritage-city credibility, modern web performance.
Durham trades on a thousand years of credibility — cathedral, castle, university — and a website should live up to it. We build Durham businesses sites that look as considered as the city and rank for the visitors and clients searching for them.
Durham's economy is shaped by three forces: a world-class university that drives a constant student and graduate market, a UNESCO World Heritage cathedral and castle that pull in tourists year-round, and the professional-services and independent-retail trade that serves both. All of them are discovery businesses — a visitor planning a trip, a family booking accommodation for a graduation, a client choosing a solicitor or accountant — and discovery starts on Google. A heritage city deserves better than a slow, generic site, and the firms that invest in a fast, well-structured one stand out immediately against the local field.
How we help Durham businesses
The same joined-up design, build and search work we're known for — pointed squarely at customers searching in Durham.
Web Design
Distinctive, fast, conversion-led design — never another template.
Web Development
Hand-built Next.js & headless front-ends. Server-rendered, no bloat.
Shopify E-commerce
Collection & product architecture, speed and AOV — handled.
SEO
Indexable content, on-page optimisation, internal linking — real results.
Technical SEO
Crawlability, indexable copy, render, schema and Core Web Vitals.
Digital PR & Link Building
High-quality editorial links — plus toxic-backlink cleanup.
Conversion Rate Optimisation
Research, hypotheses and testing — more revenue from the traffic you have.
Website Care & Maintenance
Updates, monitoring, performance and SEO health — handled monthly.
Working across Durham
We work with businesses right across the area, including:
- Durham City Centre
- Cathedral & Castle
- Elvet
- Gilesgate
- Neville's Cross
- Framwellgate Moor
- Chester-le-Street
- County Durham
Built for Durham, not bolted on
Tourism and hospitality first
For visitor-economy businesses we build fast, image-rich sites that rank for trip-planning searches and convert browsers into bookings.
Professional-services polish
For solicitors, accountants and consultancies, a site that signals trust and ranks for local intent is quietly one of the best investments you can make.
Heritage look, modern engine
Distinctive, considered design on top of a server-rendered, sub-second build — credibility and performance, not one at the expense of the other.
Do you work with Durham tourism and hospitality businesses?
Yes — the visitor economy is a natural fit. We build fast, mobile-first sites optimised for the trip-planning and 'near me' searches that drive bookings.
Can you help a County Durham professional-services firm?
Absolutely. For solicitors, accountants and consultancies, credible design plus local SEO that ranks for intent-led searches turns your site into a steady source of enquiries.
Are you near Durham?
We're based in Newcastle, a short journey north, so meeting Durham and County Durham clients in person is straightforward.
Other areas we serve
Ready to get found in Durham?
Tell us where you are and where you want to be. We'll tell you, plainly, whether we can help and what it would take.